Copyholder



May 27, 1930. ca. c. BEIDLER COPYHOLDER Filed March 13, 1928 WTIH A TTORNE Y.

Patented May 27, 1930 ATENT QFFIQE GEORGE C. BEIDLER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK COPYHOLDER Application filed March 13, 1928.

This invention relates to copy holders such as are employed for holding copy while being exposed or photographed, and the invention is primarily employed in association with commercial photographing machines.

It is well known that copy holders of this type are intended as supports for sheets of paper or other rather thin objects having displays thereon which are to be photographed and, in the further description of the device, these elements will be referred to as copy.

It is an object of this invention to provide a copy holder which will permit the expeditious manipulation of the copy in placing it in position for exposure; and it is furthermore an object to associate the aforesaid means with a device which may be operated as a part of the copy holder for pressing and holding the copy flat on the copy holder, although, under certain conditions of use, the aforesaid copy flattening element may be omitted, and the inventordoes not wish to F be restricted with respect to the instrumentalities with which the device of the first mentioned object is employed.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a copy holder having means operative with relation to its supporting surface for indicating the locations on the supporting surface for indicating the locations on the supporting surface where the copy is to be placed and to provide means for preventing the copy from becoming displaced while the copy retaining device is operated with relation to the said supporting surface.

By the use of this invention, the effective copy supporting surface may hold a plurality of papers or copy to be photographed, and a number of small sheets of copy can be placed in the holder expeditiously by reason of the fact that disappearing guides are present which project above the supporting surface of the holder. The copy can thus be placed on the board with its edge or edges in contact with the guides and therefore proper positioning of the copy is assured. This is especially true if the guides are employed in association with marks or scales on the surface of the copy holder which will Serial No. 261,319.

outline the space on one or more margins to to occupied by the copy.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide novel means for actuating the copy guides with relation to the holder and, specifically, to communicate motion of the device which presses and holds the copy flat to the aforesaid copy supporting means.

It is furthermore an object to provide means for mechanically operating the copy pressing device in one direction.

Vfith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in end elevation' of a copy holder with a device e1nbodying the invention applied thereto,

Figure 2 illustrates an underneath plan View thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates a plan view of the copy holding board;

Figure 4 illustrates an enlarged sectional view of a fragment of the device; and

Figure 5 illustrates a transverse sectional view of a fragment of the device.

In these drawings, 10 denotes a copy holding board which may be suspended or supported with relation to a copying machine in any appropriate way, and, since these copy holders are well known in the art and means for moving them with relation to exposing instruinentalities of such machines are also well known, a detailed description of such mounting and operating means is believed unnecessary for an understanding of the in vention by one skilled in the art.

The board 10, in the present embodiment of the invention, may be supplied with one or more slots 11 which, as here shown, are disposed transversely of the board, and three such slots are here included. Each slot is occupied by a copy guiding element, here shown as comprising a plate 12 which is movlUt' able in a slot and, in the present embodiment of the invention, the lower edge of the plate extends below the board and is provided with a lateral integral flange 13.

A shaft 14 is journaled in bearings 15 and 16 and it extends at an angle to the members 12, and a cam 17 is secured to the said shaft under each flange and in operative engagement with a flange. In order to maintain the cam and the flange in operative relation at-all times, each flange is provided with a yolre 18 that partially embraces the cam, it being, of course, understood that the yoke is secured to the flange. As the shaft 14 is rotated, the cam operates in conjunction with a flange and a yoke to communicate motion to the plate 12 vertically, upwardly or downwardly, according to the direction of rotation of the shaft, as will presently appear.

An element 19, such as an arm or link, on the outer end of the shaft 14 is pivotally connected to a link 20 to form a toggle, and the said link 20 is pivo-tally connected to a frame 21. through the employment of a plate 22 on one end of the frame, which has a pivot 23 for the link 20. The frame is intended to be supplied with a transparent plate 24, such as glass, and the frame is preferably oscillata-bly mounted on the board by hinges 25, with the parts in such relation that the transparent plate 24 will engage and press copy flat on the surface of the board and so retain it while it is being photographed.

\Vhen the frame is closed and lies parallel with the board, it is intended that it shall be held in such position by fastenings, such as the latch 26, which will engage a plate or anchorage 27 on the board. I11 order to facilitate the operation of the device, the frame is moved upwardly with relation to the board when the latches are unfastened and, as one embodiment of the means for accomplishing the foregoing result, springs 28 and 29 have their ends anchored to the frame and board, respectively, and the springs are intended to function in lifting the frame to the position in which it is shown in Figure 1, whereas the frame may be closed mannally.

It is obvious that the number of guiding devices identified by the numeral 12 may be increased or diminished according to the size of the board and that means may be provided for operating these copy guiding elements with relation to the board; hence, the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect to these features, except as such limitations appear in the claims herein or to be inserted during the pendency of this application, to make the claims commensurate with the inventive act of the applicant.

In the use of the invention, it will be apparent that where a plurality of small objects are to be copied, the presence of the guiding plates projecting above the surface of the copy holder constitute what might be termed flanges which enclose or partially enclose spaces where the copy can be placed expeditiously and in proper location in the field of the lens and, as the frame is lowered, the plates are likewise lowered in order that the copy may be engaged and held while being exposed.

The photograph will also show lines between the photographs of the copy and the film can therefore be accurately out along these lines to separate the photograph into a plurality of small sheets or photographs such as those displayed on the copy holder.

I claim:

1. In a copy holder, a copy support, division elements projecting above the copy support, and. mechanism for projecting and retracting the division elements with respectto the surface of the copy support.

2. In a copy holder, a support for copy, division plates movable vertically of the said support and adapted to project above the surface of the said support and mechanical means for raising and lowering the said division elements.

3. In a copy holder, a support for copy, the said support having slots therein, plates movable through the slots and constituting guiding elements for copy, and means for raising and lowering the said elements.

4. In a copy holder, a support for copy, said support having openings therethrough, means movable through the openings for indicating the position to be occupied by copy, and mechanism for actuating the last mentioned means in two directions.

5. In a copy holder, a support for copy, said support having openings therethrough, means movable through the openings for dividing the area of the copy holder into spaces to be occupied by copy, a cover for the copy operative with respect to the support, and means for communicating motion of the cover to the last mentioned means.

6. In a copy holder, a support for copy, said support having openings therethrough, means movable through the openings for dividing the area of the copy holder into spaces to be occupied by copy, a member movably mounted on the copy support, and means for communicating motion of said member to the last mentioned means.

7. In a copy holder, a copy support having openings therethrough, guiding members movable in the said openings, means below the copy support for communicating vertical motion to said guiding members, and means for operating the last mentioned means.

8. In a copy holder, a copy support having openings therethrough, guiding members movable through said openings, a shaft j ournaled under the copy support, cams on the shaft engaging said members, means for maintaining the members and cams in operative relation to each other, and means for rotating the shaft.

9. In a copy holder, a copy support having openings therethrough, guiding members movable through said openings, a shaft journaled under the copy support, cams on the shaft engaging said members, means for maintaining the members and cams in operative relation to each other, a frame hinged to the copy support, and means for communicating the motion of the frame to said shaft.

GEORGE C. BEIDLER. 

